Aaron Stromas wrote: >Hi, > >I had to re-install my machine using stable distribution. This is my >server running Exim, Cyrus, Apache etc. It seems that when I selected >a bundle of packages at the installation, it had installed some kind >of the firewall, or did some configuration I can't figure out. Namely, >I can telnet to SMTP post locally (telnet 127.0.0.1 smtp) but I get >"connection refused" when I try to telnet from a box on the same >subnet. For that matter, I can telnet on that box to localhost but >cannot telnet from any other machines on the same subnet. I removed >ipchains already, but there must be something else. I am behind a >hadware firewall, so I can get by without any software firewall. I >already spent hours without any success chasing this problem. > >Many thanks in advance > >-aaron > >
Is there a telnet *daemon* running on the computer? telnet to localhost and telnet from another computer on the subnet are two very different things. If there is a telnet daemon running, is it using tcp-wrappers perhaps? Check your /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny. -- Mitch Wiedemann Webmaster - Ithaca Free Software Association http://ithacafreesoftware.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
